Items in bold exceed Kindergarten State Common Core Standards.
Language Arts
- Recognize, match, and print capital and lowercase letters using 3-lined paper
- Master sounds associated with letters and begin blending phonograms into words
- Develop vocabulary appropriate for the K level including selected above-K level
- Develop awareness of book and print
- Begin to use and become familiar with comprehension strategies: predicting, drawing main idea, comparing, contrasting, and drawing conclusions
- Develop reading readiness skills through phonemic awareness using oral language and print
- Understanding the writing process in full
- Identify and correctily uses part of speech and punctuation with teacher assistance
- Participate in group discussions as a speaker/listener
- Ask and answer questions about a text to confirm understanding
Mathematics (K and 1st grade)
All K Common Core State Standards are met and exceeded
- Possess basic knowledge of calendar
- Count and write numbers to 130
- Count by two, fives, tens, and hundreds
- Distinguish between even and odd numbers
- Add and subtract two digit numbers
- Solve simple word problems and write story problems with a given number sentence using 2-digit numbers
- Identify, count, and write simple dollar amounts
- Tell time by hour, half hour, and five minute intervals
- Identify 2-D and 3-D shapes
- Read and create simple graphs, comparing using proper terms
- Identify fractions of a shape up to sixths
- Divide objects by sharing
- Estimate and measure capacity of containers
- Measuring lengths using inches and centimeters
- Identify place value to hundreds
Religion
- Learn basic prayers
- Experience salvation history through stories and pictures
- Learn about liturgical seasons
- Learn how to properly attend/participate at Mass
Science
- Become acquainted with the scientific method
- Explain how plants and animals grow, change, and interact with each other and with inanimate objects
- Explain typical weather for each season and use a chart to display daily weather and temperature
- Describe observable physical properties of objects and how they change
- Understand relationship between force and motion
Spanish
- Greetings and socializing
- Understnad and respond to Spanish questions
- Vowel sounds
- Pronouns: I, you, he, she
- Giving and following directions
- Colors and numbers
- Intro to writing in Spanish
- Hispanic holidays
- Learn key aspects of the culture of Mexico and Central America
History & Geography
- Discover how our country was founded
- Become familiar with the fifty states
- Locate North America, Illinois, Hawaii, Alaska, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains
- Name the civic holidays
- Become familiar with life of Native Americans
Character Education
- Practice the virtues, emphasizing respect, order, and responsibility during daily routines, academics, and peer interaction
- Experience the beauty of virtues through literature
Physical Education
- Develop gross motor skills, flexibility, and fitness
- Develop good sportsmanship
Choir/Music Appreciation
- Develop vocal skills and techniques
- Develop melodic and rhythmic skills
- Describe music by reading, listening, and demonstrating comprehension of music
- Perform a repertoire of Judeo-Christian and traditional songs
- Understand music theory, music symbols and musical instruments
Visual Arts
- Encourage hand/eye coordination
- Use of both fine and large motor skills
- Use of color and line in 2D and 3D work
- Introduction to works of art of many lands
Field Trips
- Students have the opportunity to participate in educational opportunties based on seasons of the year
